Here's how Hurricane Michael could impact Maryland

The National Hurricane Center, citing Michael's risky trifecta of storm surge, flash flooding and winds, described the seventh hurricane of the Atlantic season as "life-threatening", and the Florida Division of Emergency Management warned on Twitter of the storm's "rapid intensification" ahead of landfall.

A storm surgewarning is in effect for Okaloosa/Walton County Line in Florida to Anclote River in Florida.

Mark Wallheiser via Getty Images Hurricane Michael was forecast to become a Category 3 storm with sustained winds of 120 miles per hour when it makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle.

A hurricane watch is in effect for coastal Alabama and a tropical storm watch is in effect for coastal Mississippi.

As of the 4pm CDT advisory Monday evening, Michael was a category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 80 miles per hour.

It is expected to be a violent Category 3 hurricane - with the power to uproot trees, block roads and knock out power for days - by the time it hits Florida on Wednesday, before moving across the southeastern United States through Thursday.

The hurricane, now off Cuba's western tip, is expected to make landfall on the Florida panhandle and affect portions of southern Alabama.

The threat for tornadoes will increase late tonight into Wednesday over parts of the Florida Panhandle, the northern Florida Peninsula, and southern Georgia. "Persons located within these areas should take all necessary actions to protect life and property from rising water and the potential for other risky conditions", the hurricane center said. "It looks like another big one". "That includes experts from Homeland Security, the EPA, the Department of Defense, Health and Human Services and the Army Corps of Engineers".

The governor activated 750 national guardsman for storm response on Monday, on top of the 500 activated the day before.

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Local authorities are stressing timely evacuation, too. He doesn't expect evacuations will be needed and the rain forecast is for 2 inches or less.

Hurricane Michael could bring heavy rain and high winds to parts of Maryland later this week, but extreme flooding did not pose an enormous risk to most of the state as of Monday, according to the National Weather Service. The county has already closed its schools through Thursday.

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Every tropical system is different, and the time for the biggest changes will come in the early life of the storm, right now. A tropical storm warning is in effect for the Cuban provinces of Pinar del Rio and the Isle of Youth.

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